WindowsServer2003 virtual machine failed to install SQL2005 finally found the reason
One of my students has the following error in SQL Server2005 in the Windowsserver2003 virtual machine:
The SQL Server service could not be started. For more information, see the topics "how to view SQL Server 2005 installation log files" and "starting SQL Server manually" for SQL Server Books online
The first error is an unhandled win32 exception in sqlserver.exe [1412].
The second error is an unhandled win32 exception in sqlserver.exe [3436].
The third error is an unhandled win32 exception in sqlserver.exe [3080].
Solution:
Enter msconfig in the virtual machine to open the system configuration tool
Refer to the following figure to set the number of CPU threads
Restart the system
Install SQL2005 again and you will succeed.
